https://www.nola.com/voodoocityenSociety & CultureCopyright NolaNewshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25663efd3c95130c74c531f8c6cacd33.jpghttps://www.nola.com/voodoocitySat, 06 Jul 2019 23:41:19 +0000NolaNewsNolaNewsvoodoocitypodcast@nola.comAs relentless and inescapable as the river that flows past it, a decidedly dark history courses through the streets of New Orleans, a city haunted by 300 years of accumulated legends and myths. Some of it is rooted in fact. Some is rooted in folklore....cleanserialhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/annie-christmas--18310838
Many thanks to the following musicians for their songs, which are featured in this episode:
Aakash Gandhi, "Forest of Fear"
Cuttlefish Music, "Detective Singer"
LexinMusic, "Alice in Dark Wonderland"
Wylie Burge, "Gone Tomorrow"
John Lawrence Schick, "Living in a Coffin"
The Tower of Lights, "Contact"

And to CBS Radio Workshop's Old Time Radio clip.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18310838Wed, 19 Jun 2019 09:15:14 +0000NolaNewsAlso known as "Keelboat Annie," she is New Orleans' answer to Paul Bunyan and Mike Fink, a brawling keelboat captain from back in the days when people were named Huckleberry and Injun Joe. But was there really an Annie Christmas? We dig into the...
Many thanks to the following musicians for their songs, which are featured in this episode:
Aakash Gandhi, "Forest of Fear"
Cuttlefish Music, "Detective Singer"
LexinMusic, "Alice in Dark Wonderland"
Wylie Burge, "Gone Tomorrow"
John Lawrence Schick, "Living in a Coffin"
The Tower of Lights, "Contact"

And to CBS Radio Workshop's Old Time Radio clip.]]>1063cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nazis-in-new-orleans--18360068
Many thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs in this episode:
Aakash Gandhi, "Forest of Fear"
The Tower of Light, "Contact"
Au.Ra, "Searching in the Mountains" and "Wandering and Floating"
Splimis, "Gone Tomorrow"
Robert Crisp, "Abstract (30 seconds)"]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18360068Mon, 24 Jun 2019 13:48:08 +0000NolaNewsMany New Orleanians grew up hearing fragments of rumors that German U-boats patrolled the waters off Louisiana's coast during World War II. Many of them discounted those rumors as mere myth. As it turns out, though, they're not a myth at all. New...
Many thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs in this episode:
Aakash Gandhi, "Forest of Fear"
The Tower of Light, "Contact"
Au.Ra, "Searching in the Mountains" and "Wandering and Floating"
Splimis, "Gone Tomorrow"
Robert Crisp, "Abstract (30 seconds)"]]>1104cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-street-of-forgotten-souls--18386249
Many thanks to the following musicians for the use of their music in this episode:
Aakash Gandhi, "Forest of Fear"
Jesse Gallagher, "Hathor Hymnal"
Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions, "Our French Cafe"
The Tower of Light, "Beginnings (Intro)" and "Flecks of Light"]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18386249Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:28:48 +0000NolaNewsIn 2011, French Quarter resident Vincent Marcello decided he wanted a swimming pool. He was in for a surprise. Turns out, his property -- at North Rampart and Toulouse -- was built on the former site of St. Peter Cemetery, the city's very first...
Many thanks to the following musicians for the use of their music in this episode:
Aakash Gandhi, "Forest of Fear"
Jesse Gallagher, "Hathor Hymnal"
Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions, "Our French Cafe"
The Tower of Light, "Beginnings (Intro)" and "Flecks of Light"]]>1381cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-footsteps-of-an-assassin--18419660
Many thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs in this episode:
Aakash Gandhi, "Forest of Fear"
Noir et Blanc vie, "Straight Out Cold"
Magic In the Other, "Brooklyn Cool"
Silent Partner, "Space Walk"
Jingle Punks, "Speakeasy in Crescent City"
The Tower of Light, "Contact"
Robert Crisp, "Abstract (30 seconds)"]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18419660Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:24:29 +0000NolaNewsWe retrace the steps of the New Orleans-born presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, visiting the places he was known to inhabit, retracing his local history and looking into what role the city played in his life. Many thanks to the following...
Many thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs in this episode:
Aakash Gandhi, "Forest of Fear"
Noir et Blanc vie, "Straight Out Cold"
Magic In the Other, "Brooklyn Cool"
Silent Partner, "Space Walk"
Jingle Punks, "Speakeasy in Crescent City"
The Tower of Light, "Contact"
Robert Crisp, "Abstract (30 seconds)"]]>1660cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-orleans-urban-legends--18433292https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18433292Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:10:50 +0000NolaNewsIn the first of three loosely connected episodes, we'll look into a handful of New Orleans' urban legends and find out if there's any truth to them.1350cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ghosts-of-city-park--18460905
Many thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs in this episode:
Aakash Gandhi, "Forest of Fear"
Jingle Punks, "Speakeasy in Crescent City"
Jesse Gallagher, "Hathor Hymnal"
Silent Partner, "Space Walk"
Odonis Odonis, "Dark Forest"
Text Me Records, "Human Heart"
Sextile, "Magenta"
Wayne Jones, "Spookster"
roljui, "Window Demons"]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18460905Thu, 04 Jul 2019 13:47:16 +0000NolaNewsMona Lisa isn't the only spirit wandering City Park. In fact, she may be one of at least three. We'll talk to City Park personnel about the park's dark history -- and we'll interview one person who says he has had first-hand encounters with the ghosts...
Many thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs in this episode:
Aakash Gandhi, "Forest of Fear"
Jingle Punks, "Speakeasy in Crescent City"
Jesse Gallagher, "Hathor Hymnal"
Silent Partner, "Space Walk"
Odonis Odonis, "Dark Forest"
Text Me Records, "Human Heart"
Sextile, "Magenta"
Wayne Jones, "Spookster"
roljui, "Window Demons"]]>1064cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/resurrecting-the-devil-man--18478959
Many thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs in this episode:
Aakash Gandhi, "Forest of Fear" and "Dance of the U-boat"
Sextile, "Magenta"
HOVATOFF, "Creek"
Text Me Records / Jordan Blackmon. "Human Heart"]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18478959Sun, 07 Jul 2019 11:40:16 +0000NolaNewsWhen is an urban legend not really an urban legend? When it's 100 percent true. That's the case with the so-called Devil Man, a horned figure who, according to legend, terrorized New Orleans in the late 1930s. As it turns out, it's not legend at all....
Many thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs in this episode:
Aakash Gandhi, "Forest of Fear" and "Dance of the U-boat"
Sextile, "Magenta"
HOVATOFF, "Creek"
Text Me Records / Jordan Blackmon. "Human Heart"]]>958cleanfull